Tag: Social Commentary
In Addition to Mortality, The Farewell is a Portrait in the Crisis of Identity
“If it’s for good, it’s not really a lie.” Family is an important factor in who we grow to become. Their presence, or even lack thereof, plays a big part in how we identify ourselves, who we will…
Read More »Gentrification and Instability Lead to The Last Black Man in San Francisco
As the famous idiom says, home is where the heart is. But when one never really has a stable home, a place where they and their love ones can congregate and enjoy tranquility and all that life has…
Read More »Under The Silver Lake is a Paranoid Love Letter to Los Angeles and Film Noir
“We crave mystery because there’s none left.” The millennial generation is infamously underpaid, overworked, and lagging behind where their parents were at the same age in terms of life accomplishments and experiences. These conditions provide a recipe ripe…
Read More »Hotel Mumbai Explores Heroism, Courage, and Terror in a Powerful Yet Nuanced Thriller
Courageousness is a trait that all of us hope to house within ourselves, something that we all profess to utilize when situations arise that call for it. The reality is however, that none of us can truly know…
Read More »Us Explores the Peril of Hiding Mistakes in an Allegory for Modern America
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** “Once upon a time, there was a girl. The girl has a shadow; the two were connected.” Us is the hotly anticipated follow-up to writer/director Jordan Peele’s paradigm shifting directorial debut Get Out. The…
Read More »Triple Frontier Presents a Story of Greed and Vengence Amidst an Allegory for Modern Warfare
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** In Triple Frontier, former Special Forces operative and current mercenary Santiago “Pope” Garcia (Oscar Issac) becomes disenchanted after a career of service for the United States military and years of attempting to put a…
Read More »Greta is an Enticing Thriller that Explores Our Growing Loneliness Epidemic
************************This review contains a mild spoiler**************************** “We were meant for love. Not this terrible isolation, Frances.” We are currently living in an era of human history that has connected people around the globe on an unprecedented level. A…
Read More »High Flying Bird Finds Its Voice Too Late
“How do you show a man’s humanity?” “Remind him of his mortality.” High Flying Bird is the story of sports agent Ray Burke (Andre Holland) who is navigating the treacherous waters of an pro basketball labor dispute that…
Read More »Velvet Buzzsaw is a Horror-Tinged Critique of the Intersection of Art and Commerce
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** “So much easier to talk about money than art.” Velvet Buzzsaw transports us to the swanky art scene of Los Angeles following renowned art critic Morf Vandewalt (Jake Gyllenhall), gallery owner Rhodora Haze (Rene…
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The Art of Self-Defense’s Examination of Loneliness, Hypermasculinity, and Misogyny Couldn’t Be More Timely
As the United States deals with yet more mass shootings, many people are struggling to understand what would drive a person to commit such atrocities. While white supremacist leanings is debated as the motivating ideology, there is also…
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